Sep

Waifit, Matcha and Weight Loss

Weight Loss

OK so the most important one first since I know y’all are on the edge of your seats!

12 POUNDS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1st !

O M G !!

This is really exciting for me. I have literally tried everything going and I know my biggest problem has been that my metabolism has shut down to nothing.

I am trying to eat 1800 healthy calories a day. Believe it or not, 1800 calories is a challenge for me. I am not very hungry.

My trainer says a big part of my problem is that the slow metabolism is (in part) because I have eaten so little, so infrequently, and for so long, that my a$$ is hanging on to every calorie it can soak up.

I do have more energy, although I am still finding I am in need of a nap several days a week, but it’s better than EVERY day! I am also finding time, energy and motivation to get up and move. Walking, a bit of weights, and even a little jogging thrown in…. oh only seconds (20 seconds or so) thrown in to several minutes of walking, and it isn’t really "jogging". (my trainer calls it WOGGING! LOL)

Matcha

OH I know when I get interested in something I get downright obsessed! I am calling my new obsession a "hobby". It sounds so much more civilized!

So my new "hobby" has been green tea! I have bought books on green tea history, green tea types, green tea health benefits. I have AT LEAST 20 different kinds of green, white, oolong and pu’erh teas, and I have something different every day. This morning I felt like a heavy tea that could handle a little soy milk and a speck of sugar so I brewed me some pu’erh.

The nice thing about loose leave and cake type teas is that (as long as you have a high quality tea) you can brew the same leaves several times …. ah but I digress… the heading of this section is MATCHA, and MATCHA the topic shall be.

Matcha is my latest green tea discovery. The really cool thing about matcha tea (it is actually from Japan not China) is that it is ground whole leaf, not just a stew of the leaves. They shade it for the last part of it’s growing to spike the chlorophyl content so it is a brilliant emerald green. It’s just lovely.

The only down side (for me) is that it tastes so GREEN. It’s funny that I love spinach and kaleand beet greens and swiss chard and broccoli and well… name a green vegetable I don’t absolutely LOVE. I just can’t get into DRINKING my green. matcha with oarmeal

So my solution to this was to add my matcha to my breakfast! This morning I ate GREEN OATS, with a speck of brown sugar and some unsweetened soy milk. mmmmmmmmmm

It was delicious, and consuming matcha is the nutritional equivalent of like 10-20 cups of chinese loose leaf green tea of high quality. Talk about a nutritional wallop!

So that is my newest soapbox…. yummy green oats for breakfast and knowing I am giving my body the best I can.

Here is the place (I think) where you can get the best matcha in North America, and they have phenomenal pricing too! http://www.zenmatchatea.com/

Waifit

So WHY the weight loss after so long just piling it on, without really understanding. The Waiora WaiFIT program has certainly been the key for me! The BURN product, I think, has been particularly key in giving me the metabolic boost I need. I have been sluggish for SOOOO long, and when I quit smoking a year and a half ago, things just ground to a halt.

When I take my WaiFIT boost in the morning, I don’t get a jolt like caffeine or other stimulants. I just notice I FEEL better. I have an extra spring in my step. I am thinking more clearly. Most importantly though, I don’t feel like I want to lay down all the time. It is such an awful (and disheartening) feeling to WANT to move, and just feel sapped of energy.

I want to feel good. I want to feel energetic, and I want it to be healthy. Waiora’s WaiFIT BURN product fits the bill for me!

Not only that but look UP! I’ve lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks. That’s nothing to sneeze at!

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